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1976. his work made him a respected leader in tonight, the breaking news out of washington. house speaker nancy pelosi's new warning to the president -- hand over that whistleblower's complaint or face an intense investigation. is she threatening impeachment? and will the president release the transcript of that call? new front-runner? senator elizabeth warren surging in iowa, edging ahead of joe biden for the first time. but with a critical fund-raising deadline just days away, will more candidates drop out? the new threat from tropical storm karen. warnings already up in puerto rico. rob marciano with the timing and what the models show. nursing home fire. the three-alarm emergency in the middle of the night. firefighters rushing to get more than 80 residents to safety. some out of second-floor windows. also tonight, the alleged bomb plot targeting two schools with plans of a possible mass
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shooting. what led police to a major arrest? and what that suspect said to reporters. public meltdown. nfl star antonio brown in a tirade after being cut by the patriots. tweeting that he's done with the nfl, then blasting team owners and going after other players. and lost and found. the incredible journey one couple undertook when their dog suddenly vanished in the woods of montana. >> oh! and good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. and we begin with that breaking news from washington. house speaker nancy pelosi threatening president trump with, quote, "a whole new stage of investigation" unless the administration turns over to congress that whistleblower's complaint. at the heart of that complaint, president trump's phone call with the leader of ukraine. and for the first time today, the president appearing to acknowledge they did discuss former vice president joe biden. in the meantime tonight, there are calls for the president to
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release the transcript of that phone call. he says he's thinking about it. abc's david wright starts us off at the white house. >> reporter: tonight, house speaker nancy pelosi is setting a thursday deadline for the trump administration to hand over a whistleblower complaint against the president for congressional review or else, she says, be prepared for "a whole new stage of investigation." at issue is what exactly was said in a july phone call the president had with the leader of ukraine. >> the conversation i had with the president of ukraine was absolutely perfect. and people better find out who these people are that are trying to subvert our country, because here we go again. >> reporter: "the wall street journal" reports trump repeatedly, eight times, pressured the foreign leader to investigate joe biden's son, hunter. after first refusing to say if biden came up on the call, today trump seemed to acknowledge the leaders did discuss the former
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vice president. >> the conversation i had was largely congratulatory, was largely corruption and all of the corruption taking place. was largely the fact that we don't want our people like vice president biden and his son creating to the -- the corruption already in the ukraine, in ukraine. >> reporter: ukraine's foreign minister is now backing up trump's assertion that he didn't pressure anybody. >> there was no pressure. that was not pressure. i know when i give pressure and that was not pressure. >> well, if that is the case, then why doesn't the president simply release the transcript of that call? >> reporter: today president trump didn't rule that out. >> we'll make a determination about how to release it, releasing it, saying what we said. the problem is when you are speaking to foreign leaders you don't want foreign leaders to feel that they shouldn't be speaking openly. >> reporter: but the trump
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administration has so far refused to release the whistleblower complaint to congress. even after the inspector general for the director of national intelligence determined the complaint was credible and of urgent concern. this weekend, former vice president biden hit back at trump. >> trump's doing this because he knows i'll beat him like a drum. and he's using the abuse of power and every element of the presidency to try to do something to smear me. >> david wright joins us live from the white house. david, in that letter, speaker pelosi said she expects it to be turned over to congress by thursday? >> reporter: yes, that's when the director of national intelligence, the acting director, is scheduled to appear at an open session. pelosi warns if the administration fails to turn it over by then, she says they will be entering a grave new chapter of lawlessness. tom? >> david, thank you. and now to a shakeup in the
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race for 2020. a new poll showing there may be a new democratic front-runner. for the first time, elizabeth warren just edging out joe biden. her opponents sharpening their attacks. but that poll also showing that democrats in iowa are still open to changing their minds. as some candidates could soon be leaving the race. here's rachel scott. >> reporter: tonight, senator elizabeth warren riding a wave of momentum in iowa. >> i'm looking for every vote in iowa. >> reporter: that new poll of state voters shows a surging warren now neck and neck with former vice president joe biden. and senator bernie sanders, who e hd.lo >> our data shows us a very different situation than that poll reflected. but bottom line is, i think we're gonna win here in iowa. >> what this is about is about a message. >> reporter: but here in iowa competitors taking aim at that message. mayor pete buttigieg criticizing warren for refusing to
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acknowledge if her medicare for all policy would lead to tax increases. >> if a plan is gonna raise middle class taxes, you ought to say so and then explain why you think that's a good idea anyway. >> reporter: the democratic candidates rallying here at the steak fry in des moines, a hawkeye tradition. >> it has been from day one about investing in iowa. the state is so important for so many reasons. >> reporter: according to that new poll, just 1 in 5 likely democratic caucus-goers say their minds are made up, while 63% say they could still be persuaded to support a different candidate. some voters we spoke with say they welcome a narrowing field. >> i think it's time. we have to narrow it down. it makes it so difficult when there's so many to choose from. >> reporter: parading with very vocal supporters, senator cory booker doing a gut check about his presidential prospects, now giving himself until october to raise enough money to keep his campaign alive. >> we need $1.7 million before the end of the month to continue
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in it. >> rachel, joining us from the campaign trail. the third fund-raising quarter ends at the end of this month. senator booker telling you the future of his campaign depends on his fund-raising? >> reporter: that's right. he put a fund-raising email out, saying if he doesn't get that $1.7 million in just about a week, he's out. his campaign raised about $300,000 since, but that's only a small fraction of what he needs. >> rachel, thank you. we move to the multiple storm threats at this hour. the tropics very active in both the pacific and atlantic. these images from cabo in mexico's baja peninsula. after the hurricane struck from the west. and tonight, a new threat in the atlantic. tropical storm karen. triggering storm watches and emergency preparations in puerto rico. rob, it's busy out there.
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>> let's go to the atlantic first off. jerry, which is going to run towards bermuda. karen developing overnight. that's likely to be our next named storm out there. trinidad and tobago got slammed by karen. now, tropical storm watches posted for puerto rico and the virgin islands. likely to impact those islands on tuesday, hopefully below models do nudge it our towards the u.s. by day five. and the front from phoenix to chicago, pushing to the east. cleveland, pittsburgh, getting some storms. very warm ahead of it, in the 80s and 90s, as autumn officially arrives tomorrow. >> rob, thank you. next to the race against time after a tip about a possible bomb threat and a threat of a mass shooting at two schools. a little more than 24 hours later, police had a suspect in custody.
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what he said about his arrest. here's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: tonight, police say it was a tip that helped lead them to arrest this man, who they accuse of plotting against two schools in pennsylvania. >> i'm sorry. >> sorry for what? >> making a bad joke. >> reporter: but police say christian diehl's threats were serious. the 28-year-old was arrested saturday night for allegedly threatening to use pipe bombs and conduct a mass shooting at a elementary and high school in hazleton, pennsylvania. authorities say they received a tip about the alleged plot. >> the message indicated it was talking about a manifesto. it was talking about pipe bombs being set around this school, it was talking about this school being a diversion and then having a mass shooting at the high school. >> reporter: officers even considering closing the schools if they didn't have a suspect in custody by monday. >> who knows if we would've shut the school down. who knows if we would've just put extra patrols in the area. when you have a threat of that nature, you just can't take it
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lightly in today's world. >> reporter: police say it took 12 hours to apprehend diehl, who tonight is in jail and being held without bail. police have not yet executed a search warrant on his home. but diehl is charged with threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction, which is a third degree felony. tom? >> stephanie, thank you. also tonight, former nfl star antonio brown melting down in a very public way, on social media, after being cut by the patriots amid a sexual assault investigation. instead of taking to the field, he was taking on nfl owners taking shots on other players. tonight, the apparent revenge tweets he later deleted. here's kaylee hartung. >> reporter: tonight, the nfl's biggest lightning rod going into a full meltdown. antonio brown's twitter tirade starting with a declaration, "will not be playing in the nfl anymore, these owners cancel deals and do whatever they want." brown making it clear he'll go after money that was guaranteed by the patriots and raiders. >> he has $40 million on the line. all of these wounds are self-inflicted. >> reporter: the patriots fired the embattled wide receiver on
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friday after a woman claimed he sent her intimidating text messages when she became the second woman to accuse him of sexual misconduct. coach bill belichick remaining tight-lipped today. >> what was the final straw with antonio brown? >> we are focused on the jets today. >> thank you, coach. >> i'm free! fly like the eagle. >> reporter: brown's 11-day stint with the patriots, a roller coaster of controversy. the team blindsided when his former trainer britney taylor filed a civil suit, accusing him of rape. brown denies all accusations of misconduct. today the football world lashing out. >> a.b. is saying this morning i'm leaving football. he's not. football's leaving him. >> reporter: after thanking the patriots last friday, brown now burning bridges, tweeting a reference to owner bob kraft's charge of solicitation, taking a shot at former teammate ben roethlisberger. and even encouraging his fans' threats against a "sports illustrated" reporter. brown later deleting the rants. >> it's irrational thinking. and i think he really needs some help. now, as far as a general manager
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or a head coach, i would not touch him this year, next year, or ever. >> reporter: the nfl tells abc news its investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations continues. and the raiders and patriots say they can withhold brown's money because he violated the terms of his contract. tom? >> kaylee, thank you. now to the growing concern over the mosquito-borne virus that has taken at least seven lives, known as eastern equine encephalitis, or eee. the most recent deaths reported in connecticut and massachusetts. residents urged to continue to use insect repellent until the weather turns colder. at least 27 people may be infected in at least 6 states. next, the dramatic rescues at a nursing home in allentown, pennsylvania. a three-alarm fire breaking out in the middle of the night, forcing 82 people and 5 staff members out of the building, some from second-floor windows. several of those residents taken to the hospital. here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: nerve-racking rescues overnight at this pennsylvania senior living facility. residents climbing out of windows, clinging to
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firefighters as flames shoot out of the roof. >> we have heavy fire in the upstairs of the building. >> reporter: the fire starting around 3:00 this morning. a terrifying wake-up for the more than 80 people living there. >> we received a call that the 200 rooms on the second floor are now smoke filled. >> reporter: firefighters working through that heavy smoke. helping everyone safely escape. >> i'm happy to say that everybody had been evacuated and is accounted for. my understanding is that there's no critical or major injuries. >> reporter: tonight, officials assessing this damage, investigating what caused this fire. >> there's no initial indication or information that there was any kind of suspicious or criminal activity, but obviously that's something that we would have as part of our investigation. >> reporter: nine people, including two firefighters, were treated for minor injuries. tonight, we're told staff at that facility are busy trying to find new housing for those displaced residents. tom? >> marci, thank you. now to the mounting tensions
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between the u.s. and iran. the iranian president overseeing a military parade in teheran today, warning foreign forces to "stay away" from the region. it comes as the pentagon prepares to send more u.s. troops and air defense equipment to saudi arabia after that massive attack on its oil facilities. secretary of state mike pompeo today defended that response. >> apparently, the iranians are bloodthirsty and looking for war. president trump and i, we're looking for a diplomatic resolution to this. >> now, president trump says he has no intention of meeting with iranian leaders during this week's united nations general assembly. and there is a new theory about what is called the havana syndrome. workers at the u.s. and canadian embassies in havana started getting sick back in 2017, you'll remember. high-pitched sounds investigated as the possible cause. but canadian researchers say it may have been caused by a pesticide. one used to kill mosquitoes
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carrying the zika virus. among the symptoms of exposure, permanent brain injury. there is much more ahead on "world news tonight" this sunday. the couple traveling cross-country when their pickup truck explodes. what we're learning tonight. plus, the 5-year-old girl missing for nearly a week. can you help police locate her? and teetering on disaster after a bridge collapse. the firefighters in the right place at the right time, putting what they just practiced into action. stay with us. for adults with modely to severely active crohn's disease, stelara® works differently. studies showed relief and remission, with dosing every 8 weeks. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious infections require hospitalization.ions before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection or flu-like symptoms or sores, have had cancer, or develop new skin growths, or if anyone in your house needs or recently had a vaccine. alert your doctor of new or worsening problems, including headaches, seizures, confusion and vision problems. these may be signs of a rare, potentially fatal brain condition. some serious allergic reactions and lung inflammation can occur.
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the bridgeton park where dulce was last seen playing on the swings with her little brother. investigators say an unidentified man may have lured dulce into a red van with tinted windows. >> i went looking for her and i asked people around us, and i couldn't find nothing. >> reporter: her mother telling police she was in a car 30 yards away when her daughter disappeared. >> all of us are missing her a lot. her brother, her aunt, everyone. everyone is worried about her. >> reporter: dulce's family urging anyone with information not to be afraid of the police. as dozens of officers, neighbors, and the fbi continue the search for the little girl for a sixth day. and tonight, officials reassuring anyone with information they are not concerned with immigration status. tom? >> mona, thank you. up next, the teens arrested in a deadly attack at a fairgrounds. was it part of a game? what police are saying tonight. plus, what had some hotel guests in times square running for their lives early this morning. morning. we'll be right back.
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finally tonight, a couple and their dog separated for more than 50 days. that couple never giving up hope they would find their sweet katie. going above and beyond. tonight, the moment they thought would never come. carol and verne king live in washington state. they love to visit montana, especially with their dog katie. a 7-year-old border collie they consider family. but one night, a thunderstorm rolled in, and katie somehow rolled out. >> i raced downstairs and talked with the hotel clerk in hopes they had my dog, but they didn't. >> reporter: for more than 50 agonizing days, the kings looked everywhere, in very rugged terrain. checking water holes for paw prints. even looking in abandoned buildings. >> we knew she was roaming at nighttime. we purchased night vision goggles in the hopes we would see her. >> reporter: they ran classified ads, and put up posters. but katie never turned up. when things turned really dire,
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carol quit her job to search full-time. her husband verne leaving this note behind when he had to return home. writing, i would rather say see you soon than saying good-bye. they were on the brink of losing hope when finally a tip came in. >> i look, and katie comes out of the trees. after we found her, it was tears, it was everybody high-fiving. it was just sheer joy. >> reporter: and this is the moment katie sees home. >> there they are! >> reporter: and verne sees his girl. >> oh! my little girl. >> reporter: for the couple that never gave up hope, and the dog that somehow survived, after more than 50 long days, it's time to catch up. thank you for watching. i'm tom llamas in new york. "gma" first thing in the morning. david is right back here tomorrow night. have a great evening. good night. have a great evening. good night.
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tonight at 6:00. see what a local transit agency is doing to raise awareness around its tracks. >> a dangerous stand off. >> experience what it's like in the fire line when a wild fire e ri erupts in california. >> thanks for joining us. >> now that heat is expected to hit the bay area and led to a red flag warning being issued. >> let's get to meteorologist drew and talk about a warm up it will get really warm. >> very warm. it wasn't too bad today. tomorrow and tuesday and wednesday, that heat is going to rise quickly.
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we're talking about strong gusty winds ushering in the heat. a red flag warning in effect tomorrow evening at 9:00 tomorrow. lasting through wednesday morning. talking about wind gusts in our hills close to 40 miles per hour. that will drag in the warm air but also very dry air. we expect low humidity. fires can easily start and spread. we'll zoom into the areas effected on the map shaded in red. parts of east bay hills under the warning tomorrow night. so we will take a close look at how hot weal get with this weather and the strong winds and when the winds will relax. coming up. >> see you then. due to the high fire danger tonight pg&e is notifying thousands of customers in northern california their power